Bottle-stopper.



-Patented Dec. I6, |902.

.M .w DH1 .El TPH HWK u u LTA Sd l e wurm .Tm G Im 0.... Bw .1. 5 2, m m7 0 n w0 N4 N NITED STATES GEORGE W. LUNT, OE NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY,ASsIGNoR To CONSOLIDATED FRUIT JAR COMPANY, OE NEW BRUNSWICK, NEWJERSEY, A CORPORATION OE NEW JERSEY.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 716,257, dated December16, 1902.

Application Iiled August 17, 1901. Serial No. 72,332. (No model.)

To all whom it r11/ty concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. LUNT, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Brunswick, in the county of Middlesex and State of NewJersey, have invented an Improvement in Bottle-Stoppers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to bottle-sto`ppers, and more particularly to thatclass of Stoppers adapted for use in connection with bottles and similarreceptacles for tooth and toilet powders.

In carrying out my invention I employ a anged sleeve or collar, ofmetal, within which and fitting the saine closely I provide a tubulartelescopin g head. The upper or outer end of thehead is closed in a formadapted to be grasped by hand and-theother end is left open and ispreferably slightly flared. The tubular head is provided with one ormore apertures or powder-delivery openings in such a position that thesame may be placed above or below the flange of the said sleeve orcollar at pleasure by varying the relative positions of the tubular headin the sleeve or collar for permitting the discharge of the desiredquantity of powder or the closing'off of the same. I surround thesaidflanged sleeve or collar with a cork, the top of which abuts againstthe under side of the flange and the bottom preferably extends somewhatbeyond the end of the sleeve or collar. The cork is adapted to fit theneck of the bottle or receptacle as hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of my improved stopper,showing the tubular head in the open position. Fig. 2 is a plan of thesame. Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the tubular head in the closedposition. Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing the stopper inserted in theneck of a bottle.

ct represents a sleeve or collar, of metal, having a iange a'. 4" n b isthe tubular telescoping head, fitting closely within thesleeve or collard. The upper end of the tubular head b is closed and may be of anydesired or ornamental configuration adapted to be grasped by hand and toact as a stop when the head is pressed down. The other end of thetubular head is open and slightly iiared at 2 below the end of thesleeve or collar a to prevent the tube being pulled through and awayfrom the sleeve or collar.

The sleeve or collar a is surrounded. by a tapering cork c, which ismade to bind 011 or is securedto the sleeve or collar, the upper end ofthe cork fitting under the iiange d' and the lower end extendingappreciably beyond the end of the sleeve or collar ct, that portion ofthe cork extending beyond the end of the sleeve or collar beinginteriorly cut away to provide ample roorn for the movement of thetubular telescoping head b. The corks employed are preferably of varyingsizes, so as to be adapted to fit the necks of different-sized bottles.

I provide the tubular head b with an aperture e, through which thecontents of the bottle or receptaclemay be removed. This aperture isnarrow and transversely placed and is so located that when the tubularhead b is in the open position, Figs. l and 4, the lower edge of theaperture comes slightly above the top of the iiange ct, and when thetubular head is in the closed position., Fig. 3, the upper edge of theaperture comes appreciably below the head of the said flange. Thetubular top at the closed end is enlarged to be grasped by the hand tomove the head longitudinally of the sleeve or collar. The configurationof the tubular head is not essential; but a portion, as 3, somewhatabove the upper edge of the aperture e is preferably made flaring inorder that When the tubular top is pushed in to close the stopper thisportion 3 will both act as a stop and will wedge or `jarn with thesleeve or collar a, and so provide a means whereby in and of itself thetubular head b cannot beconne loose or the stopper open.

I claim as my invention- I. As a new article of manufacture, abottlestopper comprising a flanged sleeve or collar, a surroundingtapering cork adapted to fit the neck of a bottle, a tubular telescopinghead within the sleeve or collar having a powder-delivery aperture, anenlarged closed end to be grasped by the hand and forming a stop againstthe sleeve or collar and a iiared IOO open end to prevent separation ofthe substantially as specified.

2. As a new article of man ufaetu re, a bottlestopper comprising aflanged sleeve or collar,

5 a closely-tting tubular head Within said sleeve or collar, having apowder-delivery aperture therein, the said tubular head being closed atone end and open and flaring at the other end and adapted to slideWithin the said Io sleeve or collar to bring the said aperture parts,

above and below the flange of the sleeve or collar to open and close thestopper, and a cork surrounding the said anged sleeve or collar andadapted to t the neck of a bottle, substantially as described.

Signed by me this 9th day of August, 1901.

GEO. W. LUNT. Vitnesses:

' J. F. CRoPsEY,

AUGUSTUS WAGENER.

